I received the following testimony from one of my “Timothy’s” in the ministry-a missionary in Thailand.

“A member of an Amazon-jungle tribe renowned for its savagery has told how missionaries have helped break the power of demonic forces that control the group. An elderly man nicknamed “Shoefoot,” who is part of the Yanomami people scattered through the Venezuelan and Brazilian rainforests, has been visiting churches in the Midwest to share his testimony and tell of how God has changed the tribe. “Even though I’m not an educated man and I don’t know many things, I do know the answer for my people is Jesus Christ.” The primitive Yanomami were made world famous by researcher Napoleon Chagnon, whose 1968 anthropological study, “Yanomamo: The Fierce People,” is still widely read by university students. Shoefoot said that people who believed the tribe would be corrupted by contact with the outside world were wrong.

“They thought everything was OK the way things are. But they’re not. The only way to maintain our identity, to survive as a tribe, is if you teach us, if you help us learn that we don’t have to revenge kill our neighbors. We’re wiping ourselves out as a people. This is because of the demonic spirits that the people fear and worship all the time.”

A former shaman now in his 70s, Shoefoot told how for many years he had daily contact with evil spirits, and used hallucinogenic drugs.. When he turned to Christ he said, “I told God, ‘If you want me you’ll have to rescue me from Satan,'” he said. “I could not resist. Then, there was a blinding white light, breaking away the chains. And a voice: ‘Leave him alone. Now, he’s mine.’ All the demonic forces fled. And they’ve never been back. I never want the hand of Satan on me again. I have been covered by God Himself now. I just want to stay close to Him, always.”

Shoefoot’s account was translated by missionary Gary Dawson, who has lived among the Yanomami for almost 50 years and whose parents began working with the tribe in the 1950s. Through their work, the cycle of killing & rape has stopped in Shoefoot’s village but continues in other communities that have not accepted God.

Dawson said that when he showed Shoefoot some of the Pokemon trading cards when they first came to Venezuela, the Yanomami man identified the images and names as belonging to “child spirits” who prepared youngsters in the tribe for the evil spirits that would come during adulthood.”

Debbie Morse, my missionary friend, said, “This should give proof that Pokeman is EVIL and our children need to be protected. The CHURCH needs to be made aware of these deadly attacks on the family and our children. There are many dangers today in the form of toys and computer games, etc. We are in WARFARE and our enemy is deadly serious about destroying us all!”

Parents beware. Our enemy, the devil, is still seeking to destroy us and our children!